Embedding Python?

[Mark Liversedge]

Hi,

I've been playing with ML for a while and struck by the prevalence of Python in this area.

I was thinking of embedding Python in GC so you can work with the data easily.

Is anyone else interested in this?

Mark

* and I still will fix the R versioning issue before we release 3.5

[JustinL]

Interested +=1

[Ale Martinez]

I like the idea very much!

I'm in and willing to collaborate.

[stsc...@gmail.com]

No particular opinion on it's application to GC, but I can say from previous experience that integrating CPython is much nicer than R. There is a stable API.

Graphics and plotting could be difficult, not standardized in the runtime or the community.

[Mark Liversedge]

I was considering either exposing QWT to Python or a simple set of APIs to work with charts.

The second one is more appealling in many ways.

Mark

[Mark Liversedge]

OK lets do it.

I think there are two major pieces:

1) Embedding Python and Making it available in a chart -- I think the way we embed R can be a template for this.

2) Creating output on a Chart from Python -- I think we should create an API for this around Qt Charts

We can share the load on this -- lets catchup via PM.

Mark

[Mark Liversedge]

Ale and I have agreed to work on this - it will be in the 3.5 release in January.

If you want to follow along or suggest features that would be useful, the ticket is here: https://github.com/GoldenCheetah/GoldenCheetah/issues/2708

Mark

[Manuel Oberti]

Mark,it will be possible to import a library ( panda,numpy,matplotlib,etc......) how it is currently whit R ?

[Mark Liversedge]

Yes, that mostly why we are doing this :)

[Manuel Oberti]

Great.....Thank Mark

[Mark Liversedge]

The python chart is coming along. We have python embedded and a GC.activity() method to get ride data.
Will be working up charting functions over the next week or so and hope to get a dev build out before Christmas...

Mark